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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 123, NWS Phoenix, AZ
NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 18, 2005, 10:22 AM MST for Maricopa County, Arizona. It was in force for 23 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 18, 2005, 10:22 AM MST (17:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 18, 2005, 10:45 AM MST
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Phoenix, AZ
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Maricopa County, AZ
The radar
The Phoenix radar (KIWA), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Phoenix, AZ wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Oct 18, 4:07 AM MST, 6 hours 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 18, 4:07 AM MST, 6 hours 15 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 18, 5:37 AM MST, 4 hours 45 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 537 AM MST TUE OCT 18 2005 AZZ021-022-024-190030- NORTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY- SOUTHERN GILA COUNTY/TONTO NATIONAL FOREST FOOTHILLS- WEST CENTRAL DESERTS- 537 AM MST TUE OCT 18 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR FAR SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHWEST ARIZONA... .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...WILL OCCUR TODAY...AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED. IN ADDITION...THE MOST INTENSE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF GENERATING SMALL HAIL AND STRONG STRAIGHT LINE WIND GUSTS. STORMS WILL LINGER INTO THE EVENING HOURS...ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN NORTH AND EAST OF PHOENIX. INDIVIDUAL STORMS WILL MOVE RAPIDLY TOWARD THE NORTH OR NORTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. AZZ020-023-025>028-190030- GREATER PHOENIX AREA-LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY AZ- NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY-SOUTHWEST DESERTS- SOUTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY-YUMA/MARTINEZ LAKE AND VICINITY- 537 AM MST TUE OCT 18 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHWEST ARIZONA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR TODAY. THE MOST INTENSE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND STRONG STRAIGHT LINE WIND GUSTS. STORMS WILL LINGER INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA. BLOWING DUST COULD BRIEFLY LOWER VISIBILITY NEAR STORMS. INDIVIDUAL STORMS WILL MOVE RAPIDLY TOWARD THE NORTH OR NORTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. CAZ030>033-190030- IMPERIAL COUNTY-JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK/JTNP/- LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY CA-RIVERSIDE COUNTY/EASTERN DESERTS- 537 AM PDT TUE OCT 18 2005 .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR TODAY. THE MOST INTENSE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND STRONG STRAIGHT LINE WIND GUSTS. BLOWING SAND OR DUST COULD BRIEFLY LOWER VISIBILITY NEAR STORMS. INDIVIDUAL STORMS WILL MOVE RAPIDLY TOWARD THE NORTH OR NORTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. DG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Phoenix, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 17, 10:38 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | La Paz, Maricopa | 52 min |
| Oct 18, 12:16 AM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Maricopa | 44 min |
| Oct 18, 1:16 AM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Maricopa | 59 min |
| Oct 18, 6:55 AM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Maricopa | 28 min |
| Oct 18, 11:00 AM MST | Flash Flood Warning | PSR | Maricopa | 60 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arizona, 2005Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2005
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.